Peach Pits

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I have some peach pits from some super good peaches(Georgia) and i need a little help. I'd love to get a couple trees from them.......whats the best way for me to start them?

[donnawv]

.let them dry about a week then crack pit with a hammer and then plant the seed in a seed starter and let it grow indoors till it reaches a foot tall then transplant. If you live in a cooler climate like me I kept mine indoors till spring and then harden it outside till spring was really here then into the ground . i have started about 10 that was and they look as good as the 4 that were here when we got the place.

[Wrennie]

You can use a vise to crack the pit open too. M.E.N had an article on this not long ago. I forget exactly but you should have peaches in 3 - 5 years

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Thanks y'all, i'll give it a try.....i got to.........these peaches are the best i've had in years.

[coppice]

I'm going to humbly disagree. Prunus have the highest germination rate by simply eating the flesh and promptly planting seed into germination pot or to feild. Peach are the most (of plums apricots peach cherry) particular of the number of chilling hours trees need to set bloom. You'll have your best luck with local fruit.

A good generalization for any tree seed is: "dried, has died"

Cool to cold wet soil for a winter is part of the mechanism of removing inhibitors that stop germination. The tidy gardener can use a cold frame to good end for this.

[strongtower9]

My mom just throws hers out at the corner of the house. I have 2 trees that she grew from seed. Don't know what kind of peach I might get but trees are big. They 2 years old now. And they really out grew the peach trees I had bought.

[strongtower9]

O, forgot, Coppice may b right. The house drains where she puts them and they are wet all winter. She doesn't crack them or anything, somethimes mite still be a bit of peach hanging on it. She might plant a handful and 2 or 3 come up. Cavey you have nothing to loose , plant them !!

[coppice]

John Chapmans ghost will smile as big as you do when you eat a peach from a seed you planted.

Chapman aka Johnny Appleseed liked to germinate the pomade from cider press' and plant out orchards.

[Michael]

I thought you were taking a gamble cause those seeds are not going to bear the original fruit , but they are going to be like the root stock that the tree was grafted on. Of course that is if the tree is grafted on rootstock like many other. On the other hand maybe the trees a regular old fashioned tree and you should be good to go. A lot of effort if it does not work out. I have about 6 trees that I found growing under an old tree. Based on the history of the property I assume it is a regular tree with nothing fancy done to it. The 6 trees should be about 3 I guess and might get lucky this year.

[Pharmer Phil]

That is true, grafting is done so much now that coming true to what You have ate, may be a gamble

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I've been doin a bit of readin on grafting,
When grafting the host tree must be of similar species.
Laymens terms if ya take a graft from a peach tree,you must use a host tree that produces stone fruit(peach-cherry,Peach-Apricot,peach-plum.

Bro I be willin to bet ya iffn ya plant dat seed you'll get a peach tree.

Im gonna be doin some graftin here real soon Pear-Apple,Apple to apple.

Its a crapshoot but hell bro what ya got to lose.

Life is short,Plant Hard!!

[Pharmer Phil]

sounds logical bro...
we'd start fruit trees..but.., ifin I have my way, Minnesota will be a fond memory this time next year...especially after dis winter

[mogarden]

"I thought you were taking a gamble cause those seeds are not going to bear the original fruit , but they are going to be like the root stock that the tree was grafted on. Of course that is if the tree is grafted on rootstock like many other."

uh. The fruit will be like the wood above the graft. Unless of course you have allowed "water sprouts" to bloom.